Dickinson Salt Works as Seen from the Opposite Bank of the Kanawha River
Date:
ca. 1910
Description:
View of Dickinson Salt Works from opposite bank of Kanawha River. Made about 1910. This is the only picture in existance showing salt loaded on barge for ferrying across river where it was loaded on C&O Railroad. The New York Central Railroad had served the plant for years before this picture was taken, but due to higher freight rates by the NYC, it was still possible to ship by C&O to some points at a saving.
Rock cliff is 2,300 feet above level of Kanawha River. See original for correspondence. Published by E.G. White. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
'Charleston, W. Va-Capitol in distance-at junction of Elk River with Kanawha. Boulevard occupies in great part originial section of James River and Kanawha Turnpike. Here old stage coaches ferried across the river.'
Moonlight Over the Kanawha River, Showing W. Va. Capitol; Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1949
Description:
Caption on back of postcard reads: "The Kanawha Boulevard was constructed by the City of Charleston, along the north bank of the Great Kanawha River. It is one of the most elaborate and beautiful projects of its kind in the United States and was built in 1938-39 at a total cost of nearly four million dollars." See original for correspondence. Published by The A.W. Smith News Agency. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
Aerial View of City and Kanawha Airport; Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1952
Description:
Caption on back of postcard reads: "Charleston, Capitol City of West Virginia. Located at the confluence of Elk and Kanawha Rivers in the heart of the State's Chemical, Coal, and Gas Industries. Kanawha Airport in the background represents greatest earth moving project in commercial aviation history. Nearly ten million cubic yards earth and rock were moved." Published by Kaeser and Blair. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
These pictures made before 1898 'probably at same time as Thompson made picture of entire plant'--also shown in this collection. Picture in upper left corner shows salt piled on drain boards after being lifted by hand from the crystalizing vats. Right upper picture shows salt being packed in barrels for shipment. Middle scene is in cooper shop. 'All salt at that time was shipped in barrels.' Lower left scene shows barrels of salt on platform ready to lower down incline to load on barges. Until the New York Central Railroad 'formerly the K&M' was built, all salt was shipped by barge or taken across Kanawha River and loaded on C&O Railroad at South Malden.
Loading Booms at Cedar Grove Mine Dropping Coal into Hoppers for Transportation to Kanawha River, Cedar Grove, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
A coal miner at the Cedar Grove Collieries Inc. & Supply Co. mine observes as a loading boom drops coal between the rails into a hopper, which is carried by a conveyor to the river tipple and barges.
A view of the New River Canyon, near Gauley Bridge, in Fayette County, West Virginia. 'Showing surge basin on left and Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad on right. Outlet to three-mile length tunnel at Hawk's Nest. Kyle McCormick, The New - Kanawha River, page 94.'
''Steamboat around the bend.' This river-borne expression can be heard daily in southern West Virginia where steamboating is still a thriving mode of industrial transportation.This picture was taken at confluence of the Kanawha and Ohio rivers at Point Pleasant, Mason County.'
'The Chimneys of the salt works pour forth, at short intervals of space, their curling masses of black vapor, while swarms of laborers, and others connected with these establishments, are continually passing to and for, presenting a pleasing coup d'oeil of incessant activity and industry. Nature, indeed, seems to have been prodigal in her bounties to this intersecting region. The Contiguous forest having been almost stripped to supply the fuels to the salt-furnaces; the precious mineral so necessary to human comfort, must have remained for ever useless but for the discovery of inexhaustible beds of coal, so convenient of access as to make the cost of procuring it scarcely worth considering. Sometimes, by suitable platforms and inclined culverts, it is thrown from the mountain-side immediately to the door of the manufactory, and when more remote from the place of consumption, it is transported with equal ease, in wagons or cars, over rail-roads constructed for the purpose'
State Capitol Building and Grounds, Charleston, W. Va.
Description:
'Facts about West Virginia's Capitol Building. Cass Gilbert, Architect, describes the Capitol Building as follows: 'The building is classic in style and what might be correctly termed as Renaissance, the Architectural Forms are Roman with the single exception of the Doric Vestibule at the ground floor on the river side of the building. The Porticos and Colonnades of the exterior are distinctly Roman, the main portion being of Roman Corinthian order, which was of course, indirectly derived from the Greek precedent and the other Porticos or Colonnades are of a modified Roman Doric type. The exterior of the Dome closely follows the Roman precedent, although i know of none as high in proportion among Roman examples. The Bell of the Dome, which is metal, was studied from certain Renaissance domes in Europe, of which there are a great number.' 'The Capitol Building is located on the north bank of the Great Kanawha River. Completed-February, 1932. Cost-$9,491,180.03. Occupies 16 acres of ground. Office Space-333 rooms. Legislative Chambers-Second floor, main unit. Supreme Court-Third floor, east unit. Floor Space-535,000 square feet. Cube of the Building- 10,300,000 cubic feet. Outside of Building-Indiana buff limestone, 314,000 cubic feet or over 700 carloads. Interior-Imperial Danby Vermont marble. Dome-300 fett high, covered with 22.5 carat gold leaf and beautifully illuminated at night. Chandelier in Dome-Weight 4,000 pounds, 15,000 candle power, 180 feet above floor, gold chain 54 feet long. Rug in Governer's Reception Room- Weight, 1,809 pounds, one piece, 26 X 60 feet. Chandeliers in House of Representatives and Senate Chambers-10,000 separate pieces of rock crystal. Columns in Foyers-Weight 34 tons each, solid marble. Columns in Porticos-86 tons each. Bronze Doors on Porticos- Weight 2,800 pounds each. Floors-Italian Travertine. Matthew M. Neely, Governor.'
'Facts about West Virginia's Capitol Building. Cass Gilbert, Architect, describes the Capitol Building as follows: 'The building is classic in style and what might be correctly termed as Renaissance, the Architectural Forms are Roman with the single exception of the Doric Vestibule at the ground floor on the river side of the building. The Porticos and Colonnades of the exterior are distinctly Roman, the main portion being of Roman Corinthian order, which was of course, indirectly derived from the Greek precedent and the other Porticos or Colonnades are of a modified Roman Doric type. The exterior of the Dome closely follows the Roman precedent, although i know of none as high in proportion among Roman examples. The Bell of the Dome, which is metal, was studied from certain Renaissance domes in Europe, of which there are a great number.' 'The Capitol Building is located on the north bank of the Great Kanawha River. Completed-February, 1932. Cost-$9,491,180.03. Occupies 16 acres of ground. Office Space-333 rooms. Legislative Chambers-Second floor, main unit. Supreme Court-Third floor, east unit. Floor Space-535,000 square feet. Cube of the Building- 10,300,000 cubic feet. Outside of Building-Indiana buff limestone, 314,000 cubic feet or over 700 carloads. Interior-Imperial Danby Vermont marble. Dome-300 feet high, covered with 22.5 carat gold leaf and beautifully illuminated at night. Chandelier in Dome-Weight 4,000 pounds, 15,000 candle power, 180 feet above floor, gold chain 54 feet long. Rug in Governer's Reception Room- Weight, 1,809 pounds, one piece, 26 X 60 feet. Chandeliers in House of Representatives and Senate Chambers-10,000 separate pieces of rock crystal. Columns in Foyers-Weight 34 tons each, solid marble. Columns in Porticos-86 tons each. Bronze Doors on Porticos- Weight 2,800 pounds each. Floors-Italian Travertine. Matthew M. Neely, Governor.'
'Thomas L. Felts, active head of Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency, the most feared and hated man in the mountains. Pix used on page 66 of [Lee's] book. From New Kanawha River and the Mine War in West Virginia by Kyle McCormick.'
Aerial View of Owens Bottle Company Near Charleston, W. Va.
Description:
Artists rendering of the Owens Bottle Company (left) and the Owens-Illinois Glass Company (right) at Owens near Charleston W. Va. along the Kanawha River and the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad main line.
Battle Monument at Tu-Endie-Wei Park, Mason County, W. Va.
Description:
View of the battle monument at Tu-endie-wei Park, far right, and the river. 'Point Pleasant is where the Kanawha River flows into the Ohio River. The state park is located at the confluence.'
Aerial View of Charleston, W. Va. and Kanawha Airport
Description:
'Charleston, Capitol City of West Virginia. Located at the confluence of Elk and Kanawha Rivers in the heart of the State's Chemical, Coal and Gas Industries. Kanawha Airport in the background represents greatest earth moving project in commerical aviation history. Nearly ten million cubic yards earth and rock were moved.'--Postcard
Drawing of Scenes Along the Great Kanawha and the New River
Description:
'Along the Great Kanawha, No. 4: Movable Dam No. 6 on Kanawha River, No. 5: A Coal Tipple on New River. Published in Supplement to Harper's Weekly March 8, 1890.'
!['Thomas L. Felts, active head of Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency, the most feared and hated man in the mountains. Pix used on page 66 of [Lee's] book. From New Kanawha River and the Mine War in West Virginia by Kyle McCormick.'](/thumb/004209.jpg "Felts, Thomas L.")
